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| 23501. |
What percentage of solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere? |
| A. | 14% |
| B. | 34% |
| C. | 14+34=48% |
| D. | 17+48=65% |
| Answer» D. 17+48=65% | |
| 23502. |
What percentage of solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface? |
| A. | 65% |
| B. | 50% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 51% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23503. |
What is the solar radiation returning from the earth called? |
| A. | insolation |
| B. | solar radiation |
| C. | terrestrial radiation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 23504. |
Whose reign was the golden age of Mughal architecture? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | shahjahan |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 23505. |
What is the balance between insolation and terrestrial radiation called? |
| A. | latitudinal heat balance |
| B. | thermal incompatibility |
| C. | heat budget |
| D. | thermal inversion |
| Answer» D. thermal inversion | |
| 23506. |
What percentage of the energy radiated by the Sun is absorbed by the atmosphere? |
| A. | 14% |
| B. | 34% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 51% |
| Answer» B. 34% | |
| 23507. |
What percentage of solar radiation is reflected from the upper reaches of the clouds and returned to space? |
| A. | 27% |
| B. | 34% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 48% |
| Answer» B. 34% | |
| 23508. |
What is the direct heating of a substance by the transmission of heat waves called? |
| A. | convection |
| B. | radiation |
| C. | transit |
| D. | Operation |
| Answer» C. transit | |
| 23509. |
What percentage of solar radiation is reflected back by the glaciated regions of the Earth? |
| A. | 14% |
| B. | 17% |
| C. | 6% |
| D. | 2% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23510. |
What is the amount of sunlight reflected off the Earth called? |
| A. | alvino |
| B. | Noonatak |
| C. | albedo |
| D. | cockpit |
| Answer» D. cockpit | |
| 23511. |
What is the transfer of heat from one part of a substance to another with its elements called? |
| A. | convection |
| B. | radiation |
| C. | Operation |
| D. | transit |
| Answer» B. radiation | |
| 23512. |
What is the transfer of heat through matter through molecular activity called? |
| A. | convection |
| B. | radiation |
| C. | transit |
| D. | Operation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23513. |
What is the average temperature of the surface of the Sun? |
| A. | 6000°C |
| B. | 5000°C |
| C. | 4000°C |
| D. | 3000°C |
| Answer» B. 5000°C | |
| 23514. |
What is the average temperature of the Earth's surface? |
| A. | 15°C |
| B. | 16°C |
| C. | 36°C |
| D. | 41°C |
| Answer» B. 16°C | |
| 23515. |
How much of the solar radiation is blocked by the earth? |
| A. | one part out of a billion parts |
| B. | two parts out of a billion parts |
| C. | one part out of two billion parts |
| D. | one part out of three billion parts |
| Answer» D. one part out of three billion parts | |
| 23516. |
What is sunlight? |
| A. | solar radiation back from the earth |
| B. | solar radiation reaching earth |
| C. | solar radiation returning from the atmosphere |
| D. | solar radiation absorbed by the atmosphere |
| Answer» C. solar radiation returning from the atmosphere | |
| 23517. |
At what rate does the Earth's surface receive sunlight? |
| A. | 2cal/c2/min |
| B. | 3cal/c2/min |
| C. | 1cal/c2/min |
| D. | 1.5cal/c2/min |
| Answer» B. 3cal/c2/min | |
| 23518. |
What percentage of solar radiation reaches the Earth's surface directly or indirectly and is absorbed? |
| A. | 61% |
| B. | 49% |
| C. | 41% |
| D. | 51% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23519. |
The founder of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was: |
| A. | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| B. | Bhagat Singh |
| C. | Chandrashekhar |
| D. | Lal Hardayal |
| Answer» D. Lal Hardayal | |
| 23520. |
waraj Senawas formed in Sindh during the Quit India Movement. Under whose leadership was this organization formed? |
| A. | Ramnath Gidwani |
| B. | Niranjan Lalvani |
| C. | Hemu Kalani |
| D. | abdul bakr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23521. |
The founder ofAhmedabad Cotton Textile Workers Organizationwas: |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Sardar Patel |
| C. | N. M. Lokhande |
| D. | Balwant Rai Mehta |
| Answer» D. Balwant Rai Mehta | |
| 23522. |
In December 1928, theAll India Socialist Youth Movementwas formed. Who was its chairman? |
| A. | Rash Behari Bose |
| B. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Ram Manohar Lohia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23523. |
On which date did the Muslim League observe Direct Action Day to demand Pakistan? |
| A. | 14 August 1946 |
| B. | 16 August 1946 |
| C. | 16 August 1946 |
| D. | 20 August 1946 |
| Answer» D. 20 August 1946 | |
| 23524. |
Which one of the following factors is not responsible for the amount of insolation reaching the earth's surface and its receipt per unit area? |
| A. | inclination of the sun's rays falling on the surface |
| B. | divergent force |
| C. | day length |
| D. | permeability of the atmosphere |
| Answer» C. day length | |
| 23525. |
In September 1920, at the Calcutta session of the Congress, Gandhiji proposed non-cooperation with the British. Who among the following did not oppose this proposal? |
| A. | Chittaranjan Das |
| B. | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| C. | annie besant |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» C. annie besant | |
| 23526. |
In what form does insolation reach the earth? |
| A. | as a short wave |
| B. | as a long wave |
| C. | as short and long waves |
| D. | as a medium wave |
| Answer» B. as a long wave | |
| 23527. |
By volume, water vapor can be up to what percentage of the air in the warm and humid regions of the tropics? |
| A. | 3% |
| B. | 5% |
| C. | 4% |
| D. | 6% |
| Answer» D. 6% | |
| 23528. |
What is the normal Humus rate? |
| A. | 2°C/ 165m |
| B. | 1°C/165m |
| C. | 1°C/265m |
| D. | 2°C/65m |
| Answer» C. 1°C/265m | |
| 23529. |
On which date did Gandhiji start the Dandi Yatra? |
| A. | 10 March 1930 |
| B. | 11 March 1930 |
| C. | 12 March 1930 |
| D. | 13 March 1930 |
| Answer» D. 13 March 1930 | |
| 23530. |
Swaraj Dal got unprecedented success in the elections to the Central Legislative Assembly of 1923. How many members of Swaraj Dal were there out of 105 elected members? |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 48 |
| C. | 51 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23531. |
The chairman of the committee formed to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh incident was: |
| A. | McDonald's |
| B. | hunter |
| C. | Edwards |
| D. | Hindman |
| Answer» D. Hindman | |
| 23532. |
What is the layer that separates the stratosphere from the middle mantle called? |
| A. | perturbation limit |
| B. | isotherm |
| C. | mid range |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. mid range | |
| 23533. |
Where is the headquarters of World Health Organization located? |
| A. | Geneva |
| B. | Paris |
| C. | burn |
| D. | New York |
| Answer» B. Paris | |
| 23534. |
What is the layer that separates the mesosphere from the thermosphere called? |
| A. | perturbation limit |
| B. | isotherm |
| C. | mid range |
| D. | heat range |
| Answer» D. heat range | |
| 23535. |
By volume, what percentage of air is water vapor in the cold and dry regions of deserts and polar regions? |
| A. | less than 1 percent |
| B. | more than 1 percent |
| C. | 2 percent |
| D. | more than 3 percent |
| Answer» B. more than 1 percent | |
| 23536. |
Which is the topmost layer of the atmosphere? |
| A. | Troposphere |
| B. | ionosphere |
| C. | brahma mandal |
| D. | magnetic circle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23537. |
What is the layer that separates the thermosphere from the cosmos called? |
| A. | Troposphere |
| B. | mid range |
| C. | isotherm |
| D. | heat range |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23538. |
What is the layer of the atmosphere in which ideal conditions exist for aircraft to fly? |
| A. | Troposphere |
| B. | stratosphere |
| C. | Troposphere |
| D. | the universe |
| Answer» D. the universe | |
| 23539. |
What percentage of the total volume of carbon dioxide in the air is there? |
| A. | 0.02% |
| B. | 0.002% |
| C. | 0.003% |
| D. | 0.03% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23540. |
Which of the following layers of the ionosphere is called the Kenley Heaviside layer? |
| A. | D-layer |
| B. | E-layer |
| C. | E2-layer |
| D. | F1-Layer |
| Answer» C. E2-layer | |
| 23541. |
When water changes from one state to another, either taking in or giving up heat, then what is it called? |
| A. | latent heat |
| B. | latent heat |
| C. | Active heat |
| D. | passive heat |
| Answer» C. Active heat | |
| 23542. |
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was established on 31 October 1920 to form a trade union at the national level. Who was its first chief? |
| A. | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| B. | M. N. Opinion |
| C. | N. M. Joshi |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23543. |
The term 'troposphere' is the contribution of which of the following scientists? |
| A. | M. G. Grant |
| B. | vjmation |
| C. | tisra the bore |
| D. | Sir Napier Shaw |
| Answer» D. Sir Napier Shaw | |
| 23544. |
When did the Mappila rebellion take place? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1922 |
| D. | 1923 |
| Answer» C. 1922 | |
| 23545. |
In which layer of the atmosphere is the open cloud found? |
| A. | Troposphere |
| B. | stratosphere |
| C. | middle circle |
| D. | ionosphere |
| Answer» C. middle circle | |
| 23546. |
At what rate does the ozone layer increase with height in temperature? |
| A. | at the rate of 5°C/KM |
| B. | at the rate of 5.5°C/KM |
| C. | at the rate of 4.5°C/KM |
| D. | at the rate of 6°C/KM |
| Answer» B. at the rate of 5.5°C/KM | |
| 23547. |
What is the approximate air temperature above the poles at the troposphere? |
| A. | approx 45 degree C |
| B. | approx 80 degree C |
| C. | approx -45°C |
| D. | approx -80°C |
| Answer» D. approx -80°C | |
| 23548. |
What percentage of the total water vapor of the atmosphere is 8 km. height is limited? |
| A. | 40% |
| B. | 90% |
| C. | 100% |
| D. | 60% |
| Answer» C. 100% | |
| 23549. |
What will increase due to the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to industrial pollution? |
| A. | increase in dorsal albedo |
| B. | rise in surface temperature |
| C. | decrease in surface temperature |
| D. | increase in Earth's snow cover |
| Answer» C. decrease in surface temperature | |
| 23550. |
What is the extent of ozone gas in the atmosphere? |
| A. | 10 km from the ground. In the middle of |
| B. | 50 km from the ground. In the middle of |
| C. | 10 to 50 km from the ground. In the middle of |
| D. | 50 to 80 km from the ground. In the middle of |
| Answer» D. 50 to 80 km from the ground. In the middle of | |